V: Soldier or priest?

I’m a bit disappointed in myself. Yes, I enjoy intelligent shows that challenge my brain and surprise me with a good plot twist. However, I also enjoy spotting turns in plot and gloating when I’m right. Oh, “V,” you got me this time, and I should have spotted this one a mile away. Just as Erica said: the Vs are using our predictability as humans against us.

Of course we would assume the oversexed teens would give us the hybrid baby (not that I’m taking it off the table for them, though). But nooooo….poor unsuspecting Valerie goes to the V health center to see about medicine for her heart condition, and finds out she’s expecting–but she has not a clue just what is growing inside her. But you gotta wonder, if they can spot Decker’s aneurysm before it forms, surely they know her fetus ain’t all human? And Kyle! I thought for sure he’d be using protection, but maybe his alien swimmers are a little too strong for human birth control. Thinking maybe he should tell her the truth sooner rather than after “Congratulations! It’s a….lizard? Aaaack!”

The V medical technology was amazing though: a scanner that could tell you what had ever gone wrong with your body, what was wrong with it now and what would go wrong with it in the future! I can’t even imagine what that thing would say about me, but how cool would it be to have a definite answer for why you feel the way you do? It was also refreshing that even the Vs can’t stop the common cold–or was that just some cute anecdote Anna told to get on our good side. Are we truly that predictable?

I heard a comparison between Father Jack and Father Ralph of “The Thorn Birds.” The thought hadn’t crossed my mind until then, but I’m kind of hoping Erica becomes Jack’s Meggie. However, Jack may be giving up the robes long before the possibility of people kissing his ring. Having served as a chaplain in Iraq, he’s not an innocent and he knows his way around a bullet wound. Georgie tells him he has to choose between being a soldier and a priest. Is it possible to serve those two masters? Given the gun he keeps hidden away at the parish, Jack isn’t quite ready to make that decision yet, but I’m thinking he may be leaning away from “priest”–especially if Erica keeps admiring his right hook.

I like that they are making Erica a good agent, as opposed to one who for the sake of plot has the wool pulled over her eyes all the time, e.g., her boss. She quickly grasps that Ryan isn’t telling her the whole truth–and that he is a V. I also like that he doesn’t dissemble; they (and we) can put all that behind them and get on with it. And by getting on with it, I mean blowing up the factory making the evil flu shot (oh, I bet the vaccine manufacturers love that plotline!).

Oh, Dr. Joshua, you are so pretty. And so was your ill-fated co-worker and fellow Fifth Column member. He tried to get you to leave the ship since he thought Anna was onto you as Dale’s murderer. You didn’t, so he had to take the blame; you are too valuable to the cause. Unfortunately, taking the blame also meant you had to SKIN HIM ALIVE, which I’m assuming means more than just taking the human off (leaving it to the imagination was more than enough, thank you). Boy, that Anna doesn’t mess around. I thought maybe the crying parishioner needing Jack’s comfort might be you; unfortunately, for Jack and his insides, he wasn’t. However, if you still need that comfort, I’ll, um, be around….oh, sorry, didn’t realize the rest of you were still here.

Ahem, anyway, something about Lisa taking Tyler to meet her mom….zzzzz…Anna shows him the engine room–is that some kind of metaphor? And what was that “bliss” thing? If you thought Anna was creepy before, that was just odd. Does it ooze through the ship? Was all that bright light in their minds or did Tyler see it too?

And who exactly is this John May?

“V” won’t be back until after the Olympics, so we have plenty of time to ponder these topics.